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IrriGreenGeniusIrrigationSystem–TrainingManual  Page1

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Changing the way we water the world™

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

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Introduction2

ComparisonoftheGeniusIrrigationSystemtoConventionalSystems3

KeyFeaturesandBenefitsoftheGeniusIrrigationSystem4

SellingtheGeniusIrrigationSystem5

Planning&LayoutfortheGeniusIrrigationSystem6

InstallingtheGeniusIrrigationSystem8

ProgrammingtheGeniusIrrigationSystem12

MaintainingtheGeniusNozzleandFilterSystem18

WarrantyError!Bookmarknotdefined.

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Per FCC 15.19 (a) (3) and (a) (4): This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this

device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

operation.

Per FCC 15.21: The user and installer of the IrriGreen Genius Irrigation System shall not make any

modifications to the system not expressly approved by IrriGreen. Unauthorized modifications will void

the warranty and void the user's authority to operate the equipment per FCC rules.

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Changing the way we water the world™

IrriGreen™Genius™IrrigationSystemTrainingManual

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Introduction

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TheGeniusirrigationsystemcombinesdigitaltechnologywithapatentpendingnozzledesigntoproduceanirrigation

systemcapableofdistributingwaterinpatternsthatfittheshapeofthelandscape.TheGeniusirrigationsystemdoes

thiswhilebothreducingthewaterrequiredtoirrigatethelandscapeandsavingsignificantinstallationtimeand

materials.

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TheGeniusirrigationsystemisdesignedtosignificantlyreducethelaborrequiredtoinstallin‐groundirrigationsystems

whileatthesametimereducingwaterrequiredtosufficientlywaterthelawn.ThecenterofthesystemistheGenius

sprinklerthatcanbeprogramedtowaterawidevarietyofshapesandsizes.Thissprinklerreducestheneedfor

distributionpipebyupto85%,significantlycutsthenumberofsprinklerheadsrequiredandreducestheamountof

watertypicallywastedtoirrigatethelawnbyupto50%.Whilethecostofthewaterisbornbythepropertyowner,itis

stillabarrierthatcanbeturnedintoanopportunitywhensellingthebenefitsofGeniusirrigationsystemstoconsumers.

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Reducinginstallationlaborfortheinstallerandreducingenduserwaterbillsarecompellingreasonsforirrigation

contractorstoconsiderswitchingallorpartoftheirinstallationbusinesstotheGeniusirrigationsystem.Theinstaller

willbeabletoaddressbusinessinmorepricesensitiveareasbyofferingservicesatareducedpricewhilemaintaining

profitabilityoneveryinstallation.Theircustomerswillbehappierwithgreen,hasslefreelawnsandlowerwaterbills

thanthosecustomerswithconventionalirrigationsystems.

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Thistrainingmanualisacomponentofatrainingprogramdevelopedtotrainexperiencedirrigationcontractorsonthe

techniquesuniquetoinstallingtheGeniusirrigationsystem.Thisprogramisintendedforlicensed(ifrequiredbylocal

and/orstatecode),experiencedirrigationcontractorsforresidentialandcommercialin‐groundirrigationsystems.Itis

notintendedasacompleteorcomprehensivetrainingprogramforinstallingin‐groundirrigationsystems.

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THISTRAININGPROGRAMISINTENDEDFORIRRIGATIONCONTRACTORSTHATAREALREADYLICENSEDAND/OR

EXPERIENCEDIRRIGATIONPROFESSIONALS.(NOTE:PROFESSIONALIRRIGATIONTRAININGRECOMMENDED.)

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 Thefollowingpointswillbecoveredbythistrainingprogramandmanual:

 ComparisonoftheGeniusirrigationsystemtoconventionalsprinklersystems.

 KeyfeaturesandbenefitsoftheGeniusirrigationsystem.

 SellingtheGeniusirrigationsystem.

 InstallationtechniquesuniquetotheGeniusirrigationsystem.

 ProgrammingtheGeniussprinklers.

 MaintenancetechniquesuniquetotheGeniusirrigationsystem.

 Systemwarrantyinformation.

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Changing the way we water the world™

KeyFeaturesandBenefitsoftheGeniusIrrigationSystem

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BecausetheGeniussprinklersareindividuallyprogrammable,eachsprinklercanbeprogrammedtowaterthespecific

landscapegeometrywithinthewateringitislocated.Duringtheinstallationprocess,thewaterthrowdistancesare

programmedforeachindividualsprinklertomatchthelandscapegeometryitwillirrigate.Minimumwateringoverlapis

recommendedbetweenGeniussprinklers,andtheneedforhead‐to‐headsprinklerwateringcoverageiseliminated.

Thiseliminationofrequiredhead‐to‐headcoveragecanresultinsavingasmuchas50%ofthewastedwater.

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Sinceeachsprinklerhasitsownself‐containedflowcontrolvalve,theneedforvalveboxesservicingmulti‐headzonesis

nolongernecessary.Thisinturnreducestheamountofdistributionpiperequiredtoinstallasystem,inmanycasesby

85%,whichalsoreducesthetimerequiredtopullortrenchthepipe.Theresultisasignificantsavingsininstallation

labor,reducingthetimerequiredtoinstallagivensystemby50%ormore.

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KeyFeature:Digitallycontrolledwaterdistributionatindividualsprinklerheads

 Capabilitytoprogramthewateringpatterntofittheshapeofthelandscape.

 Minimizesoverwateringbyeliminatingtheneedforhead‐to‐headcoverage.

 Ensuresaccuracyofwaterdeliveryprecipitationrate.

 Providesaccuratewateringtimesandprecipitationratesduringinstallation.

 Reducestheamountofdistributionpiperequiredforinstallation.

 Reducesthenumberofirrigationsprinklersrequiredforinstallation–1zonefor1sprinkler.

 Reducesthedirectandindirectlaborrequiredtoinstalltheentiresystem.

 Reducesthewatertypicallywastedduetooverlapwhileirrigatingturfareasbyupto50%.

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KeyFeature:Uniquestreamingnozzledesign(patentspending)

 Irrigateswateringzoneusingstreamsofwater,reducingwinddriftandincreasingsoilmoisture.

 Increaseddropletsizefromstreamsratherthansprayormist,whichdriveswaterintosoil.

 Createsamoreevendistributionuniformityoverentirewateringzone.

 Reducesthepotentialfordryspotsandminimizesoversprayingontohardscapeareas.

 Useslesswaterandwatersmoreaccurately,whichreducesphosphorusrunoff.

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KeyFeature:Standardindustrydesigncomponents

 Workswithtypicalirrigationwatersourceswithstandardpipe/tubefittingsandelectricalconnectors.

 Worksinconjunctionwithstandardindustrycontrollers/schedulers.

 Compatiblewithrainand/ormoisturesensorsandotherwatersavingtechnologies.

 Capableoffunctioninginahybridsystemwithconventionalwateringzonesusingspray,rotorordrip.

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Changing the way we water the world™

SellingtheGeniusIrrigationSystem

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ThetargetcustomersfortheGeniusirrigationsystemareresidentialandcommercialendusers.Theinitialproduct

offeringisideallysizedforthesecustomerapplications.

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Initiallywewilltargetresidentialandcommercialcustomerswhoareoncitywaterandhavewatersupplypressurefrom

of40to80PSI.ThesecustomerswilllikelybeattractedtotheGeniusirrigationsystembecauseofthefinancialaspect

ofthewatersavingswhileothersmaywantitbecauseitis“green”.Inaddition,weexpectlocalofficialstobeinterested

inthistechnologybecauseofthepotentialimpactitcouldhaveonreducingfuturewaterdemandsandphosphorrunoff.

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1. TargetCustomers

 Residentialhomeowners

 Commercialpropertyowners

 Realestatemanagementfirms,consultantsandhomeownerassociations

 “Green”andCleantechcustomers

 Customersconcernedaboutthecostofwater

 Early“technology”adopters

 Stateandlocalgovernments(Note:someofthesemaybeinfluencersandnotcustomers)

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2. WhyinstallaGeniusirrigationsystem?Residentialandcommercialenduserswillbecause…

 Costsavingsfromlowerwaterbills(vs.conventionalsystems)

 Watersavings(beinggreen)

 Lessmessandhassleduetotornuplandscape

 Reducedinstallationtime

 Cooltechnology(earlyadopters)

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3. And“green”customersandearlyadopterswillbecause…

 Theywantagreenlawn

 Theywanttobe“green”

 Theywanttosavemoney

 Theywanttotelltheirneighborshowtheyarebeing“green”andsustainable

 Theyliketotrynewthings

 Itiscooltechnology

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 Theywillbeinterestedingettingbehindthetechnologybecauseoftheimpactitwillhaveonreducing

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WiringcomingintotheIrriGreenGeniusserverfromthefield:

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←24VACpower(white)

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Wiringdiagramfor3rdpartycontroller/clockscheduler:

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Multi‐leadsintocontroller7LeadsinfromGeniusserver

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RainSensor2(white)→←Zone4(orange)

Remotecontrol(blue)→←Zone3(green)

24VACpower(white)→←Zone2(blue)

24VACpower(red)→←Zone1(black)

24VACCom(yellow)→←ACVshut‐off(red)

←Common(white/yellow)

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8. BeforecoveringtheGeniussprinklers,testeachsprinklerusingtheGeniusProgrammer:

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 [PleaserefertoStep2onpage12tosettheprogrammertotheaddressontheserver.]

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeyontheGeniusprogrammeruntilthewordCALappears.

 Pressandholdthe#numberkeyuntilthewordZONEstartsflashing.

 Selectthezonenumberbypressing↑upor↓downarrowsafterthewordZONEstopsflashing.

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeytosettheZONE,andthewordPSIflashesfor12seconds.

 Whentherotationsymbolappears[R]inthecenterofthedisplay,thesprinklerwillrotatetoits

startingpositionindicatingagoodelectricalconnection,andthismaytakeupto23seconds.

 WhenthePSIreadingappearsonthetopline(e.g.60),pressandholdthe#numberkeytoexit.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,anotherzonecanbeselectedandtestedinthesamefashion,oryou

canpressandreleasethe*starkeyatthispointtoexittheCALprogram.

 Youshouldtestallsprinklersinthismannertobecertainallelectricalconnectionsareworking.

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9. BeforeburyingtheGeniussprinklers,testforleaksatallfittingsbyturningonthewater.(NOTE:Ifyouare

usinganACVforemergencyshut‐off,thenyouwillneedtoopenthisvalveforproperwatersupply.)

10. Connectaccessorydeviceslikerainandmoisturesensorstoaconventional3rdpartycontroller.

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1. OverviewofProgrammerSoftwarefunctionsandTypicalButtoncommands

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Function Descriptionofcommandsandsettingsineachfunction

  SET  Setprogrammertoserveraddressforcommunicationandscheduling

  CAL   Calibratesprinklerwaterpressure,flowvalveandmotorcompensation

  PROG  Programwateringzonesforexactlandscapeshape(upto50positions)

  RUN  Selectruntimeprecipitationrateandcalculatewateringzonetimes

 DATE  Showstimeofdayanddate(use*starkeytoenterdatefunction)

 BATT  Showslevelofbatterypowerremaining(changeifbelow2.60volts)

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 Button  Descriptionofcommandsandsettingsineachfunction

 *starkey  Pressandrelease*starkeytoexitawateringzoneortoexitafunction,and

Pressandrelease*starkeytocyclethroughafunction

 #numberkey  Pressandrelease#numberkeytomovebetweenfunctions,and

Pressandrelease#numberkeytoenterawateringzoneortosaveavalue

 ҉sunkey  Pressandrelease҉sunkeytorotatesprinklernozzledirection(clockwise)

↑uparrow  Pressandrelease↑uparrowtoincreasesengoropenﬂowvalve

 ↓downarrow Pressandrelease↓downarrowtodecreasesettingorcloseflowvalve

 hold#numberkey Holddown#numberkeytoenterSet,Cal,ProgorRunfunction

 hold*starkey  Holddown*starkeytoeraseprogramdataforzoneinProgfunction

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*starkey‐exit

#numberkey

enterorsave

topdisplay

valueortime

bottomdisplay

functionorzoneno.

uparrow‐increasevalue

҉sunkey‐rotatenozzle

downarrow‐decreasevalue

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2. Setprogrammertoserveraddressforcommunicationandscheduling

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeyontheGeniusprogrammeruntilthewordSETappears.(NOTE:you

mayseeCAL,PROG,RUN,thedateandthebatterypowerbeforeyouseeSET.)

 Pressandholdthe#numberkeyuntilthewordADDRESSappearsatthebottomofthedisplay(shown

asAddr)andasetof4‐digitsappearacrossthetopofthedisplay.

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeyuntilyougettoadigitthatneedstobechanged,thenselectthe

correctdigitbypressing↑upor↓downarrowswhilethatdigitisflashing.

 Continuetofollowthisprocedureuntiltheaddressinthe4‐digitdisplaymatchesthelastfour

digitsontheserveraddresslabel.(NOTE:thisaddressnumbercanbefoundontheinsideand

theoutsideoftheGeniusservercase.)

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeywhenyouhavethecorrectaddresstosavetheSETaddressnumber.

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeywhenyouseetheschedulingcalendarappear–futureoptiononly.

 Thecurrentprogramversionanddatewillbedisplayed,thenPressandreleasethe*starkeytoexitthe

SETaddressfunction.

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3. Calibratesprinklerwaterpressure,flowvalveandmotorcompensation

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeyontheGeniusprogrammeruntilthewordCALappears.

 Pressandholdthe#numberkeyuntilthewordZONEstartsflashingtoentertheCALfunction.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,selectthezonenumberbypressing↑upor↓downarrows.

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeytoentertheZONE,andthewordPSIflashesfor12seconds.

 Whentherotationsymbolappears[R]inthecenterofthedisplay,thesprinklerwillrotatetothe

startingposition,andthismaytakeupto23seconds.

 SelectthePSIvaluebypressing↑upor↓downarrowsafterthewordPSIstopsflashing.

 ThePSIvalueisthestaticsupplypressure(PSIG)foragivensprinklerzone.(Defaultis60PSI.)

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeytosavethePSIvalue.ThewordSAVEappears.

 

4:30

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PSI1

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 Pressandreleasethe*starkeyontheGeniusprogrammerwhileinthePSIModetogotoFLOMode

 ThevalvewillopenandwaterstreamswillemergeasthedisplayshowsFLOonthebottomand

countsupto15.00feetonthetop.(NOTE:Youcanimmediatelychangetheflowdirectionofthe

streamsbypressingthe҉rotatekeyifwaterisstreamingtowardsanareanotsuitablefor

measuring.)

 Measurethedistancefromthefarthestwaterstreamtothesprinkler–thisistheFLOvalue.

 Ifthisdistanceis15.00feet,thenpressandreleasethe*starkeytogotoRCOMode.

 Or,Ifthisdistanceislessthan15.00feet(example13.50feet),thenadjusttheFLOvalueby

pressing↑upor↓downarrowsto13.50feetandthenpressandreleasethe#numberkey.

ThewordSAVEappearsandthewaterstreamswillstopandre‐emergeat15feetasthedisplay

countsupto15.00feet.

 Or,Ifthisdistanceismorethan15.00feet(example17.00feet),thenadjusttheFLOvalueby

pressing↑upor↓downarrowsto17.00feetandthenpressandreleasethe#numberkey.

ThewordSAVEappearsandthewaterstreamswillstopandre‐emergeat15feetasthedisplay

countsupto15.00feet.

 Ifthisdistanceisnot15feet,thenrepeatthisprocessuntilthisdistanceis15.00feet,thenpress

andreleasethe*starkeytogotoRCOMode.

 

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 Aspreviouslycompletedinthestepsabove,bypressingandreleasingthe*starkeyontheGenius

programmerwhileintheFLOMode,youwillmoveintotheRCOmode.

 Thewaterstreamswillstopandre‐emergeasthedisplaycountsupto15.00feet.

 Afteradelayof3seconds,RCOonthedisplaywillstopblinkingandthewaterstreamsshould

shortenthethrowdistancefrom15.00feettoabout14.00feet.

 Measurethenewlyshorteneddistancefromthewaterstreamtothesprinkler(example14.00

feet).

 Ifthisshorteneddistanceis14.00feet,thenpressandreleasethe*starkeytoexittheRCOMode.

15.00ft

FLO1

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*13.50ft

FLO1

#

*13.50ft

SAVE1

*15.00ft

FLO1

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 Or,ifthisshorteneddistanceislessthan14.00feet(example11.50feet),thenadjusttheRCO

valuebypressing↑upor↓downarrowsto11.50feetandthenpressandreleasethe#

numberkey.ThewordSAVEappearsandthewaterstreamswillstopandre‐emergeat15feet

asthedisplaycountsupto15.00feet.

 Or,ifthisdistancedoesnotshortenbutremainsat15feet,thenadjusttheRCOvalueby

pressing↑upor↓downarrowsto16.00feetandthenpressandreleasethe#numberkey.

ThewordSAVEappearsandthewaterstreamswillstopandre‐emergeat15feetasthedisplay

countsupto15.00feet.

 Ifthisshorteneddistance(after3seconds)isnot14.00feet,thenrepeatthisprocessuntilitis,

thenPressandreleasethe*starkeyontheGeniusprogrammertoexitRCOMode.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,anotherzonecanbeselectedandcalibratedinthesame

fashion.

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeyontheGeniusprogrammertoexittheCALprogram.

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4. Programwateringzonesforexactlandscapeshape(upto50positionsettings)

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeyontheGeniusprogrammeruntilthewordPROGappears.

 Pressandholdthe#numberkeyuntilthewordZONEstartsflashingtoenterthePROGmode.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,selectthezonenumberbypressing↑upor↓downarrows.

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeytoentertheZONE,andthewordP00flashesfor12seconds.

 Whentherotationsymbolappears[R]inthecenterofthedisplay,thesprinklerwillrotatetothe

startingposition,andthismaytakeupto23seconds.

 ThevalvewillopenandwaterstreamswillemergeasthedisplayshowsP00onthebottomand

countsupto15.00feetonthetop.(NOTE:Youcanimmediatelychangetheflowdirectionofthe

streamsbypressingthe҉rotatekeyifwaterisstreamingtowardsanareanotsuitablefora

goodstartingposition.Thiswillbeyour1stpositionpointtobesaved.)

15.00ft

RCO1

#

*11.50ft

RCO1

#

*11.50ft

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 Ifthisdistanceiscorrectandtheflowdirectioniscorrect,thenpressandreleasethe#numberkeyto

savethisfirstposition–Position1(P01).

 Or,ifthisflowdirectionisnotcorrect,thenpressandreleasethe҉rotatekeytorotatethe

angleoftheflowdirection1stepintheclockwisedirection.Ifthisflowdirectionisstillnot

correct,thenpressandreleasethe҉rotatekeyuntiltheflowdirectionlinesupwiththe

positionyouaretryingtosave.

 (NOTE:Youcanpressandholdthe҉rotatekeytoveryquicklyrepeattherotationangleofthe

flowdirectionintheclockwisedirection,andtherotationwillstopuponlettinggo.However,be

carefulnottooverrotateyourdesiredflowdirectionposition,oryouwillhavetorotate360⁰to

startagain.)

 Or,ifthisdistanceisnotcorrect,thenadjustthedistancebypressing↑upor↓downarrows.

 (NOTE:Youcanpressandholdthe↑upor↓downarrowstoveryquicklyrepeatthechangein

distance,andthedistancewillthenchangeuponlettinggo.Onceyoureleaseeitherthe↑upor

↓downarrowsthedisplaywillshowtheactualdistanceinfeet.)

 Ifthisdistanceorflowdirectionisnotcorrect,thenrepeatthisprocessuntilthisdistanceand

flowdirectioniscorrect,thenpressandreleasethe#numberkeytosavethisposition.

 Onceallofthedesiredpositionshavebeenprogrammedpressandreleasethe*starkeyontheGenius

programmertoexitzoneprogramming.Thefirstandlastpositionswillautomaticallybeconnected.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,anotherzonecanbeselectedandprogrammedinthesamefashion.

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeyontheGeniusprogrammertoexitthePROGprogram.

 Onceazoneisprogrammeditcanalsobeeditedbyre‐enteringthezoneinPROGmodetoedit

distancesatsetpositionsorinsert/addnewpositions.(NOTE:youcannotdeleteaposition.)

 (NOTE:IfnecessarywhileinPROGmode,youcanerasealloftheprogrammedpositionsby

pressingandholdingthe*starkeyuntilthewordERASEappears.Alloftheprogrammed

positionsforthiszonewillthenbeerased.)

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P001

#

*20.50ft

P001

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5. Selectruntimeprecipitationrateandcalculatewateringzonetimes

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeyontheGeniusprogrammeruntilthewordRUNappears.

 Pressandholdthe#numberkeyuntilthewordZONEstartsflashingtoentertheRUNmode.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,selectthezonenumberbypressing↑upor↓downarrows.

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeytoentertheZONE,andthewordR01appearsindicating1

revolutionwith.05onthetoplineindicating.05inchesofprecipitationfor1revolution.

 Pressthe↑upor↓downarrowstosetthedesirednumberofrevolutions.Thetotalnumberof

inchesofwaterislistedonthetoplineforthetotalnumberofrevolutionsset.

 Pressandreleasethe#numberkeytosavethenumberofrevolutions.ThewordSAVEappears.

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeytocalculateanddisplaythezonewateringtimefortheselected

precipitationrateandnumberofrevolutions.Thiswillappearasminutesinthetopdisplay.

 Thenumberofrevolutionscanstillbechangedbypressingthe↑upor↓downarrowsandsaved

bypressingandreleasingthe#numberkey.Thiswillimmediatelyupdateanddisplaythenew

wateringzonetimeinminutes(topdisplay)whileshowingthenewnumberofrevolutions(bottom

display).Thiswateringzonetimeshouldbeenteredintothe3rdpartyclock/schedulerforthiszone.

NOTE:Ifyouwanttorunthewateringzonefromthispoint,youcanpressandholddownthe#

numberkeyuntilthedisplayflashes“Run”anditautomaticallyexitsRUNmode.Thesprinklerwill

thenrestitselfandrunthenumberofrevolutionssaved.Youcanalwaysstopthesprinklerduringits

runtimeatanytimesimplybyenteringbackintorunmode,andthenexitingagain.

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeyagainontheGeniusprogrammertoexitthewateringzone.

 AfterthewordZONEstopsflashing,anotherzonecanbeselectedandruninthesamefashion.

 Pressandreleasethe*starkeyagainontheGeniusprogrammertoexittheRUNmode.

 YOUARENOWREADYTORUNTHESYSTEMFROMTHE3RDPARTYCLOCK/SCHEDULER.

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R061

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*0.30

SAVE1

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R061

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